Man shot by police charged with aggravated assault

A Chicago man has been charged with four counts of aggravated assault to a police officer with a firearm after police say he pointed a gun at them early Friday morning.

Jovan Killingsworth, of the 6400 block of South May Street, was also charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

Police shot the man multiple times after the chase, which ended when four Gresham district officers found him bleeding next to a fence he tried to jump in the alley between Wabash and Michigan avenues, between 75th and 76th streets.

A union official said police gave chase after seeing a van driving with its side door open -- a way drive-by shootings are sometimes executed.

The official said someone jumped out of the van carrying a pistol with an extended "30-clip" magazine, which about doubles the amount of bullets a handgun can hold, and police pursued him.

Two offficers followed him into the alley after he jumped out of the van and the other two stayed in their car, circled north and tried to approach him from the other side, the union spokesman said.

Police opened fire at the man twice -- first after he turned toward a pair of them wielding the pistol and again after he fled from police down a gangway.

Killingsworth's booking photo wasn't available because he's still in the hospital being treated for gunshot wounds. Police also recovered a weapon at the scene, according to authorities.